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The Brickyard. / 41.92760635390614; -87.78892029842555. The Brickyard, sometimes known as the Brickyard Mall, is a shopping mall located in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Built in 1977 as an enclosed shopping mall featuring J. C. Penney, Kmart, and Montgomery Ward, it was redeveloped in 2003 as a strip mall. The center's anchor stores are Jewel ...
1960s–1970s. Construction began on Woodfield Mall in October 1969 [ 9] and the mall opened on September 9, 1971, with 59 stores, growing to 189 stores with 1.9 million retail square feet by 1973, along with a 135-foot (41 m) water tower to supply water to the mall and the nearby village. It was the largest mall in the United States at the ...
Ford City Mall is a shopping mall located on the Southwest Side of Chicago in the West Lawn neighborhood at 76th Street and Cicero Avenue. [ 2] Opened in 1965, Ford City is the largest shopping mall in Chicago outside of downtown. Anchored by JCPenney, the mall contains more than 135 stores and restaurants including Applebee’s, Bath & Body ...
Washington Park (community area), Chicago. The Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic is the United States' largest African American parade. / 41.7900°N 87.6200°W / 41.7900; -87.6200. Washington Park is a community area on the South Side of Chicago which includes the 372 acre (1.5 km 2) park of the same name, [ 2] stretching east-west from ...
The city of Chicago is divided into 77 community areas for statistical and planning purposes. Census data and other statistics are tied to the areas, which serve as the basis for a variety of urban planning initiatives on both the local and regional levels. The areas' boundaries do not generally change, allowing comparisons of statistics across ...
Wicker Park, Chicago. Wicker Park is a neighborhood in the West Town community area of the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, [ 1] west of the Kennedy Expressway, east of Humboldt Park, and south of the Bloomingdale Trail, known for its hipster culture, art community, nightlife, and food scene. [ 2][ 3][ 4] Wicker Park has seen real estate and ...
Website. yorktowncenter .com. Yorktown Center is a shopping mall located in the village of Lombard, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The mall features JCPenney, Von Maur in addition to an 18-screen dine-in AMC Theatres . At the time of its 1968 opening, the 1,300,000-square-foot (120,000 m 2) Yorktown Center ranked as the largest ...
Merchandise Mart. / 41.8884; -87.6355. The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois. When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space. [ 1][ 2] The Art Deco structure is at the junction of the Chicago River 's ...